Theresa May withdrew anti-terror funding from the area where Drummer Lee Rigby
was murdered because the Home Office deemed it at low risk of extremism, it
emerged yesterday.

The Office for Security and Counter Terrorism decided that the borough of
Greenwich, home to Woolwich Barracks, should lose its financial support for
anti-extremist measures. Among the projects abolished was one that brought
youths of 14 to 19 face to face with Muslim soldiers, Gurkha warriors and
Second World War veterans.

The decision to exclude Greenwich from the Government’s Prevent strategy was
taken after a risk assessment concentrated resources on 25 areas